106 days left - The Failed Invasion Of Akavir

Why do we know so little of the races and culture of the beast folks of Akavir? As far as history goes, the last Akaviri who walked on Tamriel was the Tsaesci potentate known as Savirien-Chorak (who was also assassinated by the Morag Tong). Why haven't there been anymore visitors from Akavir?

When the Tsaesci Potentate Versidue-Shaie was in charge of the Empire between 1E 2920 and 2E 324, he had given some information about the different races of Akavir. The information known is written down in the book Mysterious Akavir. There are four major nations of Akavir, all named after the race which controls the area:

• Tsaesci - A vampire beast race that is related to serpents. The Men who walked on Akavir were all eaten by the Tsaesci. There is no exact description of how the Tsaesci really look like, only speculations (which is odd considering the fact that Versidue-Shaie was a Tsaesci).

• Kamal - Snow demons. Every summer they attack the Tang Mo, and during the winter they wait for the next summer. Once the Kamal leader Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal tried to invade Morrowind, but was defeated in the battle at Red Mountain.

• Tang Mo - A monkey-like beast race. They are said to be kind and generous. They are allied with the Ka Po' Tun.

• Ka Po' Tun - A cat-like people with the Tsaesci as rivals. They are stronger then the Tsaesci and they have fought many battles with the serpent-people. During these conflicts, the dragons of Akavir where killed. The leader Tosh Raka is said to be the first to actually become a real dragon. Stories say that when the Ka Po' Tun have defeated the Tsaesci, they will invade Tamriel. 

It's important to remember that this information was based off what the Tsaesci prisoners knew after surrendering to Emperor Reman, which also means that no one knows what has happened in Akavir during the last 1700 years. Except for the knowledge collected by Uriel V. 

Once, Tamriel actually made an attempt to colonize Akavir. Somewhere around 3E 270, Emperor Uriel V laid plans to invade Akavir. The plans were set to action in 285 and 286, when the Tamrielic-navy scouted the shorelines of the foreign continent. The information gathered by the spies confirmed that the Tsaesci kingdom was at the south-western part of the continent, and the invasion was to set foot on their lands first.

They managed to set up a colony and things were going smoothly. The Imperial's met little resistance and even found an abandoned town called Ionith where they set up base. However ships were lost at sea and the supplies were starting to run low as the months passed by. When winter arrived, the empire cut off all supplies to the colony and said that they had to wait for spring. As the colony grew weaker, they also realized that the Tsaesci were much stronger then they had expected. Uriel V, who had tried to negotiate with the Tsaesci, had gathered an expedition to travel into Tsaesci territory. The Emperor and his fellow knights were slaughtered in a rain of arrows and in the end, it was a disaster for the Empire.

The information was gathered from the book Report: Disaster at Ionith. There have been no attempts to colonize Akavir since then. And even after the fiasco, little is known of the current state of the armies of Akavir.

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